Garment-securing band.



I m @W J. PLBAUMGARTNER. GARMENT SECURING B'AND. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-15. 1910.

1,1?4fi2. Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

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Ml! TNE SSE S A TTORNE Y JOSEPH P. IBAUMGARTNER, 'OF. PHILADELPHIA, .E'ENNSYLVANIQA.

GARMENT-SECURING BAND.

1,174,926. Original application filed July 5, 1910,

- T 0 all whom it may concern:

I, JOSEPH P. BAUM- and Be it known that GARTNER, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Philadelphia, have invented a certain new and useful Garment-Securing Band, of which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to bands either for belt or garter use, and particularly to such belts as are used by ladies to hold a shirtwaist in and down at the bottom, with provision for dipping the front of the belt to increase the apparent waist length and to produce or improve the modish figure and effect, and to such garters as are worn by men.

One of the purposes of my invention is to provide adjustment for one end or, if preferred, for both of the ends of the band. This is done through a terminal loop or terminal loops of the band. The loop or one of the loops is adjustable. I encircle one side of one loop back of the extreme end thereof and stiffen and ends of the loop or loops. When the adjustable loop is taken, the encircling support forms a rider upon the side of the loop, following the adjustment and distributing the wear.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide metal terminals for the band, to support one of the terminals from the band by engaging it therewith at points spaced along the length of the band and to secure a garment attaching device upon the terminal between its two points of support and, preferably, between the turns of a protecting loo I have attained these and other objects of my invention pointed out in the specification and particularly in the claims thereof by the construction herein shown which presents those forms thereof which have proved most practical and successful and best adapted for commercial use.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ladies belt embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a broken perspective view of Fig. 1 in process of adjustment. Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view of a structure similar to that of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the terminals used in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a section of a part of the str icture of Fig. 2 upon line 50-00 thereof. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of a buckle used by'me. 'Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pennsylvania,

support the end or Patented Mar. '7, 19-16.

Serial No. 570,280. Divided and this application filed. September 15,

1910. Serial No."582,182.

7 is a broken elevation of my band and gar ment support in garter form.

My invention is a continuation for certain purposes of an application filed by me July 5th, 1910, Serial No. 570,280, for garment securing belt, containing matter divided out from that application upon requirement for division.

10 is a belt or band of any suitable material, elastic or inelastic, which, in the form shown in Fig. 1, I illustrate as readily adjustable by means of the buckles l1, retaining the ends of loops, comprising inner sides 12, '13 and outer terminal sides 14, '15.

As illustrated in Fig. 8, but one such loop need be made use of, the two being provided so'that the junction point may be maintained at the center without necessity for shifting the belt about the waist. It is also advantageous for ease and convenience of access and greater range of adjustment.

The engaging, preferably metallic, terminal members 16, 17, comprising garment connecting members, are shown as slidable upon one side each of the respective loops in the form shown in Fig. 1, and are shown as carrying a hook 18 for engagement with an eye 19, my preferred type of engaging devices.

The members 16, 17 are shown as provided with lateral projections 20, 21 reversely turned to form openings or passages 22, 23 to encircle preferably the outer sides,

inthis illustration the terminal sides 14:, 15, of the loops without engaging them tightly. I prefer to make this the only engagement of the member 16 with its end of the belt or band, but to pass belt or band through the eye 19 in addition to passage through the opening or passage 23, in order that the plate 17 may be supported by the belt or band at both ends of the plate.

I have shown three slightly different forms of plate in Figs. 3, 4 and 7, differing only in the number and location of slots for a garment engaging device such as 24, makinguse of two slots therefor in the'form used in Figs. 1, 2, 1 and 5, a single approximately central slot in Fig. 3 and a side "slot in the form of Fig. 7 to reduce the thickness of material there used. This plate 17 in each c se supports a garment engaging device differing according to the character of garment with which itis'intended to enthe other end of the gage and the hold to be had thereon, making use of a tape 24 in Fig. 3, and a tape 24? with clasp 24? .in Fig. 7 .1 In the ladies belt form I prefer to surround the upper edge of the plate as at 25 to conceal it and-to protect the fabric of the waist from engagement with the metal. In this form I show the tape as made up of a strip of material which passes through the slots 26, 27, starting from either front or back as preferred. The limitation of the tape by the side walls of the slots 26, 27 prevents lateral movement of the tape upon the plate. This is bestseen in Fig. 5. I show the ends of the device-as fastened together at any suitable point, such as 28, and it may be sewed through from side to side of the device, as

V the clothing at this point seen at 29 in Fig. 1, using additional stitching for this purpose, if desired. -T he garment fastening device forms a depending loop or member which can be secured to to hold? or pull the band or belt modishly, in the case of the ladies belt, and to hold the stocking or other garment up in the case of the garter. In the structures shown in Figs. 3 and 7, it is the intention to adjust one end only, in this case the right-hand end, and I have shown the same form of adjustment for it as in the other figures. In order to cover the back of the plate 17 and at the same time form a proper fastening for the left-hand end of the belt or band, I loop this non-adjustable end also. For this purpose I pass the body of the belt through the openings 23 and 19, passing it at 30 in front of this plate, and bringing its end around to the back of the plate at 31, to be introduced between the plate 17 and the portion 30, as at 32. so that the end of the band is held therebetween.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, I pass the loop 2% through the single slot 33 of the plate 17, but may locate this slot in other positions. as at 34 in the form shown in Fig. 7. The advantage of this lEIiZlIBIIOI'IH is that the thickness of the fabric and plate are not increased by the fabric of the garnient securing device 24 which terminates below the fabric of thebelt.

In making the adjustment of the belt. I prefer to secure the buckle ll to the fabric of the belt near the end thereof, and do so, in the form shown, by means of openings through which the fabric is sewed to the buckle. This retainsthebuckle at a fixed position from the end 86 of the fabric which is purposely extended beyond the buckle in order to form a tab by which the buckle may be drawn to the position of Fig. 1 after the portions 14. 15 have been pulled in the direction of the arrows adjacent them in Fig.

2 to secure the desired tension of the belt;

It will be seen that the portions 14, 15 can readily'be engaged by the fingers, either to reverse direction. tomove the-buckles 11, causing a slacking of the belt.

' In all of the forms I prefer to attach my at which it receives direct loop, and this is true as. to all of the structures illustrated. device 24, 24, and 24 is thus suspended between two points'of support upon the belt in all of these, my preferred forms.

Other forms of engaging members within the scope of my disclosure and claims may evidently be applied to obtain some or; all

of the advantages of my'invention and, in general, I desire not to be restricted to the" this may occur, I have endeavored to make the broader application clearer by illustrating one other form in which such a surrounding band is made to support a garment, applying the invention to the familiar support of mens half hose in garter form, as seen in Fig. 7.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment securing band having a loop ateach end thereof, a garment-connecting member freely surrounding the fabric of one loop at the end and having lateral portions reversely turned to surround the fabric of the loop at a distance from the end and'independent means for adjusting the end of by the loop, said plate having an opening at garment securing device between the points support from the The garment attaching each end for free passage of thefabric of the loop, permitting the plate to ride freely upon the loop, one of the openings being parallel to the length of the band and the other at the end of the loop, whereby the loop may be adjusted readily with the band in place, a garment-securing device attached to said plate between the openings, and a hook member secured to the other end of the band to engage with one of said openings.

3. A garment securing band having an adjustable fastener for one end of the band upon the body thereof to form a loop, a terminal plate riding upon said loop to permit free adjustment of the loop therethrough while the band is in place, said plate having openings for the band, one parallel to the plane of the band and the other transverse thereto, so that the fabric loop covers the intervening portion of the plate, said plate also having a longitudinal opening between the two previously named openings, a garment securing device passing through said longitudinal opening and a terminal for the other end of the band for engagement with said plate.

4:. In a device of the character stated, a plate having an eye at one end and reversely turned lateral extensions forming a passage at the other end, one end of a band passing through the passage and eye freely in the direction of the axis of each, an adjustment for the end of said band to form a loop, a depending garment securing device passing between the band and plate and secuned to the plate and a hook secured to the other end of the band and adapted to engage within the eye.

5. A garment securing band having a loop at one end thereof, a garment-connecting member freely surrounding the fabric of said loop at the end and reversely turned to form an opening in the direction of the length of the loop to surround the fabric of the loop at a distance from the end, and independent means for-adjusting the length of the loop whereby the adjustment of the band Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the may be eflected readily by varying the length of the loop while the band is in place.

6. A garment securing band having a loop at one'end thereof, a garment-connecting member freely surrounding the fabric of said loop at the end and reversely turned to form an opening in the direction of the length of the loop to surround the fabric of the loop at a distance from the end, independent means for adjusting the length of the loop whereby the adjustment of the band may be effected readily by varying the length of the loop while the band is in place and a garment securing device depending from the garment connecting device.

7. A garment securing band terminating at one end in a loop, adjusting meansfor the loop to vary the effective length of the band, a garment securing plate having an eye transverse to its general plane, through which the end of the loop passes and reversely extending side portions forming an opening parallel to the plane of the plate, so that the plate rides upon the end of the loop with support at two spaced points and with the body of the plate covered by the loop therebetween and a depending garment securing device connected to the plate.

JOSEPH P. BAUMGARTNER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM STEELE JACKSON, THOS. D. MOWLDS.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

